Winter preparations Members of the South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club posed last week with the $20,000 warming hut promised to South Portland during the group’s inaugural Mill Creek Winter Festival in February. Work is now being completed at Port Harbor Marine. The hut will be formally presented to the City Council in November, just in […]
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Scarborough detective to lead state polygraph group
Det. Don Blatchford, polygraph examiner for the Scarborough Police Department, has been elected president of the Maine Polygraph Association. The Maine Polygraph Association (MPA) is an association of polygraph examiners dedicated to the establishment of the highest standards of professionalism, ethics and integrity within the polygraph profession in Maine. The MPA encourages the adherence to […]
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UPDATE: Scarborough police interview accused Walmart 'peeper'
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough police have identified and interviewed the man accused of using a camera embedded in his shoe to peep up women’s skits at the local Walmart on July 16. Police said the investigation is continuing. No charges have been filed and the man has not been identified. According to Scarborough Police Department spokesman […]
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UPDATE: Scarborough police interview accused Walmart 'peeper'
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough police have identified and interviewed the man accused of using a camera embedded in his shoe to peep up women’s skits at the local Walmart on July 16. Police said the investigation is continuing. No charges have been filed and the man has not been identified. According to Scarborough Police Department spokesman […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Sharing chores at the farm?
Although the official stamp of approval won’t be awarded until a bit later, it appears that the selection of Willie (Mitt) Moose to be the Ovine (sheep) party candidate for Flatley farm president is a done deal. Trouble is, the animals don’t really know much about him. As a meandering moose, he has done his […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Ohio’s allure no match for Maine
I was at the Mainely Food Diner the other day, where it seemed everyone was talking about native son Harold Seavey and the plans for his memorial service later that day at a church a few towns over. He had lived out of state for years, but lots of folks in town still remembered him. […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Ohio’s allure no match for Maine
I was at the Mainely Food Diner the other day, where it seemed everyone was talking about native son Harold Seavey and the plans for his memorial service later that day at a church a few towns over. He had lived out of state for years, but lots of folks in town still remembered him. […]
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New owners want to continue traditions of historic South Portland market
SOUTH PORTLAND – What is believed to be the oldest business in South Portland’s historic Knightville district has changed hands. On Aug. 1, Tom Smaha sold Smaha’s Legion Square Market at 101 Ocean St. to Alan Cardinal and Sylvia Most, both of Scarborough. Smaha, 68, said Tuesday he felt “both good and bad” about selling […]
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BEACH TO BEACON: 'It's electric'
FORT WILLIAMS – There was one word that every one of the 6,177 TD Beach to Beacon participants uttered en masse as they crossed the finish line at Fort Williams Saturday hot. With temperatures in the 70s, the humidity oppressive and absolutely no wind to speak of, even an early 8 a.m. start couldn’t stave […]
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DESTINATION: FINISH LINE
– Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer Just a walking (or running) distance from Crescent Beach in Cape Elizabeth, the runners in the 15th TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race start their trek on Route 77 to the beacon — well, make that Portland Head Light — also in Cape Elizabeth.Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer Race fans keep watch […]